Each Wednesday, I write a post that is from my dissertation.
People scrapbook because it is relaxing and fun, for the future, and to socialize with other people.
Some people scrapbook simply to organize their photographs. Once their photos are organized, they are done scrapbooking.
For many people though, the process of scrapbooking is more important than the finished product. They may have began scrapbooking to organize photos, but now do it for the process of scrapbooking. This is one reason why scrapbookers rarely look at their albums or are not as upset if an album is lost had it never been scrapbooked in the first place.
Another respondent put it best: “scrapbooking is about heart and soul. The pictures are the heart of the album and the journaling is its soul.” In other words, the purpose of scrapbooking can be an abstract state of mind rather than a purely functional means to an end.
Related posts:
- Why Scrapbooking
- Scrapbooking Has No Rules. Yes, But Scrapbooking Does Have Norms.
- Scrapbooking is Relaxing and Fun (Purpose of Scrapbooking)
- Scrapbook for the Future (Purpose of Scrapbooking)
- Scrapbooking Brings People Together (Purpose of Scrapbooking)
Stephanie
Stephanie Medley-Rath is a sociologist and scrapbooker who studies scrapbooking and memory keeping. Scrapworthy Lives is a blog focused on her sociological analysis of scrapbooking, with a sprinkling of posts about Stephanie's own scrapbooking projects.
